Female MPs from across the political divide have joined a coalition of ex-advisers and journalists to condemn the press treatment of an ex-Tory aide linked to allegations about Boris Johnson’s private life.

Baroness Massey writes for PoliticsHome on better ways to protect vulnerable people in our mental health support system.

Ministers have agreed to consider changing the law to make misogyny a hate crime after a sustained campaign from Labour MP Stella Creasy.

The Government could undercut existing gender equality standards with the removal of legal protections for women, says Rupa Huq MP.

Labour MP Stella Creasy has launched a bid to make misogyny a hate crime for the first time.

Jeremy Corbyn has been reported to the Labour Party over his controversial 2013 comments about British "Zionists" not understanding "English irony".

John McDonnell has leapt to the defence of Jeremy Corbyn after he was criticised for saying British Zionists have "no sense of English irony".

Hundreds of racist and Islamophobic comments have been left on Boris Johnson's Facebook page in the wake of his comments about the burqa.

Jeremy Corbyn must heal the "running sore" of anti-Semitism in Labour, Gordon Brown has said, as he urged the party to fully adopt an international definition of anti-Jewish abuse.

The Head of Diversity & Inclusion Programmes at Innovate UK launches a second round of Women in Innovation awards, which seek to fund up to eight ideas from female founders, co-founders or senior decision makers, that address the four grand challenges posed by government’s Industrial Strategy, covering: AI and the data economy, clean growth, future of mobility, and ageing society.

Controversial ex-Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon has urged Boris Johnson not to apologise for his comments about the burqa.

Below is a statement from Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission on Boris Johnson’s comments on the burka.

Pressure is mounting on Conservative party officials to discipline Boris Johnson over remarks he made about women who wear burqas.

Following the Conservative Party's announcement regarding female candidates, Ben Wilson, Executive Director at the Equality and Human Rights Commission released the statement below.

Influential Conservative MP Dominic Grieve has said he will leave the party if Boris Johnson becomes leader.

Tory chair Brandon Lewis has revealed he is "absolutely committed" to ensuring women make up half of the party’s candidates at future elections.

Momentum has dropped its support for a close ally of Jeremy Corbyn after he made a series of "deeply insensitive" remarks about Jews.

Businesses should be made to explain the reasons behind any gender pay gap in their workforce and lay out how they plan to close it, MPs have said.

Labour has launched an investigation into another councillor after he shared a Facebook post comparing the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler.

A Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour government would pose an "existential threat to Jewish life" in the UK, Britain’s three leading Jewish newspapers have claimed.

EHRC welcome the report by the Women and Equalities Committee and are very pleased that they have supported a number of our recommendations including our call for a new mandatory duty for employers to put measures in place to prevent harassment in the workplace.

The Women and Equalities Committee has today released a new report that identifies five priorities for Government action that are the first steps towards ensuring that sexual harassment at work finally becomes a thing of the past.

The RHA is pleased to announce the partnership between She’s RHA and Creating Inclusive Cultures (CIC).

New report also highlights implications of Brexit for women and current gaps in law.